Re: NetBSD 4.0 release config

[Michael Wileman <jwileman%panix.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 13:13:52 -0500, Michael Wileman wrote:
>
> > I'm just trying to cross-compile a new hpcsh kernel using the NetBSD
> > 4.0 release sources on an i386 machine.  It works fine if I use the
> > default GENERIC config that comes with 4.0, but it won't handle some
> > of the options I had in my previous (3.99.8) kernel.  Here is a diff
> > between the version that worked (i.e., with the offending options
> > commented out), and the version I would have liked to compile.
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated here.
>
> What are the error messages when you try to compile that config?  I've
> tweaked GENERIC to include the options you want and the kernel
> compiled just fine.

Thanks, Uwe.  The error messages were all about missing files.  It 
turns out that none of the tar archive source collections is complete 
except for -current.  When I downloaded one set of the 4.0 sources 
then updated it using CVS, everything compiled with no problem.  I 
don't know why all the files weren't in the archives.

I avoided using the -current sources because someone else I know who 
works in the NetBSD project told me that -current was undergoing some 
major changes, and now might not be a good time to use it unless I 
wanted to participate in the debugging. :)

Mike